Note on Terminology58 Access to Justice The concept of access to justice is understood as an obligation on the part of the State to guarantee indiscriminately each individual’s right to effective redress if it is found that their rights have been violated or need to be enforced. Compound Discrimination The concept of compound discrimination means that individuals from national minorities often face discrimination on the grounds of their ethnic identity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, language, religion (or belief), national or social origin in addition to the discrimination they face as members of national minority groups. Judicial System The judicial system is understood in this document as courts, tribunals, prosecution offices, law-enforcement agencies, correctional services and enforcement agencies (or bailiffs). National Human Rights Institutions National human rights institutions are understood as independent State bodies established by law with a mandate to promote and protect human rights in a country, and include human rights institutions established at the sub-national level. 58 This Note on Terminology is intended as a guide for the general reader on how the HCNM is applying these terms in this specific document. They are not legal definitions. These terms may be used by the HCNM differently in other documents, depending on the context. The Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities 41